Stuff you have made today

[dan.taylor.1]

I much prefer resin in fixings, if they need to be removable just use female anchors rather than studs, then the hole can either be bunged with a big grub screw or just silicone tye stuff. Never had one fail yet if done right. I gave up on other fixings after a broken stone gate stoop due to through bolts, it went a week after I fit the gate, ended up sticking back together with resin in the end.

I still use through bolts in concrete floors and filled block walls, I usually drill the hole deep enough that if I want it removed I can knock the fixing into the hole and cover over.

 

[James1979]

Do you mean an A10?

Yeah that’d make a decent hole....

 

[Memmeddu]

Yeah that’d make a decent hole....

And then your ear brrrrrrrr

 

[cianh91]

Little picket gate for me sister to keep the dog out

then made and fitted a bracket to put a winch in a press for pulling a trailer into a shed

 

[Pete.]

Thunderbolts would never be allowed to be used for scaffold ties if they were in the slightest bit iffy. If anything is going to go wrong with them, it'll be installation issues.

 

[mtt.tr]

hard to beat resin really, you know if it hasn't worked as they just pull out.

 

[MattF]

hard to beat resin really, you know if it hasn't worked as they just pull out.

Some poor sod seeing that happen whilst they're atop something supposedly supported by resin anchors wouldn't be thinking: Oh that's good.

 

[Barking Mat]

Some poor sod seeing that happen whilst they're atop something supposedly supported by resin anchors wouldn't be thinking: Oh that's good.

I'm a great fan of chemical resin.

 

[Munkul]

Some poor sod seeing that happen whilst they're atop something supposedly supported by resin anchors wouldn't be thinking: Oh that's good.

Haha, yes but remember that chemical resin anchors aren't tensioned until the resin has already set. So if it hasn't set properly, the anchor just pulls straight through when tightened

 

[mtt.tr]

Some poor sod seeing that happen whilst they're atop something supposedly supported by resin anchors wouldn't be thinking: Oh that's good.

Ive abseiled commercially and been involved in pull testing new installs.

 

[MattF]

C'mon chaps, allow me the amusement of the thought of the look on someones face. Don't ruin that with facts.

 

[mtt.tr]

C'mon chaps, allow me the amusement of the thought of the look on someones face. Don't ruin that with facts.

to fufill your joy, my friend was on a new job which has and a movable abseiling anchor well one of his points fell out as the company who installed it forgot the stops.

thankfully he was playing by the rules and had 2 tie in points **** him up a bit

 

[Hood]

to fufill your joy, my friend was on a new job which has and a movable abseiling anchor well one of his points fell out as the company who installed it forgot the stops.

thankfully he was playing by the rules and had 2 tie in points **** him up a bit

I think if I was ever daft/brave enough to be hanging from a rope I would be testing everything myself, I don't really trust myself let alone anyone else when it comes to my danger

 

[ronan]

I made a £3 straight razor a lot sharper.
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A quick test its still not as sharp as it should be.

What Razor is that Kram ? Gold dollar or something Chinese ? I use nothing else but a straight, lovely shave, but it is slow compared to anything else.

 

[Kram]

I read quite a few reviews looking for one that was ready to shave, but they were all mixed, so I went with the cheapest for £3.79 expecting it would need some work.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08CL3X7TH

I needed a strop and brush so got a spare so this arrived yesterday. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07F38JXQL

If I can get a good shave with these I'll buy something decent, once I know what Im doing. So far, not sharp enough to go against grain, the blade just wants to stop. The disposable shavette works but get lots of small cuts and iritation from it.

 

[northwest]

I don't have a picture but it was only a small weld anyway. I set up on the bench and welded a couple of plugs into a couple of tubes. Mild steel using 316 rod.
So what?
Well, I set it up and did the job without buggering about or really thinking about what I was doing, I did it quickly and neatly. The tubes are .470" diameter and less than half a mil thick. I didn't blow holes, need a second go or need to sharpen tungstens. I just did it without really thinking, bearing in mind I haven't used the Tig in about three weeks. Very pleased with myself I was.

 

[selectedgrub]

Sometimes a nonchalant approach can work wonders.

 

[DAPPH]

Haha, yes but remember that chemical resin anchors aren't tensioned until the resin has already set. So if it hasn't set properly, the anchor just pulls straight through when tightened

That's why you use in date resin capsules and use the supplied /available data sheet for hole sizes , whether you need an insert & the temperature / time curing chart to ensure the resin is fully cured . i found them fanatic for porous crumbly thermal block or soft stone fixings

 

[DAPPH]

No piccy's , the camera is hiding some where in my mancupboard . ( The Bstd , its been hiding there for the last month or so )

I have to give myself a daily " sugar removal from my blood" self administered injection every morning around 08.15hrs when I'm still a bit groggy from the previous early evenings meds.
I've a sneaky feeling I've missed at least two of these injection . I'm also concerned that I may one day also give myself two doses and suffer some serious overdose effects that if caught in time will see me hospitalized VSI .

So I've drilled an 8 inch length of 35x35x 3 mm right angle aluminium with seven equidistance spaced 7.5 mm holes to allow me to load it up with seven days of needle packs ( which I've now labelled on the alu top face as Sun to Sat ). This enables me to see at a glance if I'm using the right days needles . Any thoughts of is it the right day I can just open up the computer and check the day of the week .
Once it's been emptied of needle pack it's a simple case of refilling the rack with new needle capsules for the next week.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Any thoughts of is it the right day I can just open up the computer

Or look at your phone?